Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer was the first person to publicly speak of her love for an inanimate object. It was Mrs Berliner-Mauer who coined the term objectum-sexuality.
She first fell in love with the Berlin Wall when she saw the barrier on television as a child. Over the years she visited the wall a number of times, and in 1979 she married it.
Due to tight security at the wall, she was unable to express her love physically for the wall, but would return as often as possible.
When the wall was destroyed in 1989, and while the rest of Germany celebrated, Mrs Berliner-Mauer mourned for her husband.
She has not visited the remaining sections of the wall but keeps models of the wall in his original state in her home to honor him.
